英语词汇“manticore”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	manticore
释义	Trends of manticore View usage for: manticore in British English (ˈmæntɪˌkɔː) noun a monster with a lion's body, a scorpion's tail, and a human head with three rows of teeth. It roamed the jungles of India and, like the Sphinx, would ask travellers a riddle and kill them when they failed to answer it Word origin C21: from Latin manticora, from Greek mantichōrās, corruption of martichorās, from Persian mardkhora man-eater manticore in American English (ˈmæntɪˌkɔr, -ˌkour) noun a legendary monster with a human head, horns, a lion's body, and the tail of a dragon or, sometimes, a scorpion Word origin [1300–50; ME ‹ L mantichōrās ‹ Gk, erroneous reading for marticho᷇ras ‹ Iranian; cf. Old Persian martiya- man, Avestan xvar- devour, Persian mardom-khar ‹ man-eating; prob. ult. alluding to the tiger, once common in the Caspian Sea region] Examples of 'manticore' in a sentence manticore It could also be a minotaur, or a manticore, in which case, might it come this way? Tepper, Sheri S. A PLAGUE OF ANGELS They had seen a manticore and two trolls, though at a distance, and had been much troubled at the sightings. Tepper, Sheri S. A PLAGUE OF ANGELS
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